Showing posts with label Cottage Cutz Paddles&Rope Ladder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cottage Cutz Paddles&Rope Ladder. Show all posts

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Jaws!

Hello My Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam on the blog today!

When I lived in South Carolina near the beach there were multiple shark sightings!  Needless to say when that happened the beaches cleared out very quickly!  The card I am sharing today reminds me of those days on the beaches in Hilton Head.  As a matter of fact this is going to one of my friends on the East Coast.

And don't forget to check out this release of dies in the online store.  This selection of dies features Pirates and Sea Creatures! There are 14 awesome designs in the collection and you are going to want each and everyone of them.   And there is more!! There is another brand new set of dies out called Beach and Tropical Release.  Be watching for our team to create some card designs with this awesome collection.

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 1.  Cut a piece of white card stock 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 then using the largest Pierced Square die cut a square out of the middle of the 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 piece.  This will create a white frame.  Use a white A2 piece of card stock as the card base.  Cut out a 4 x 4 piece of ocean DP and a 1 x 4 piece of brown card stock cut with a slight hill for the ocean floor
2.  Using the Shark die cut out grey and white card stock.  Use the Mermaid die to cut out the seaweed in two shades of green.  Last use the Paddle and Rope Ladder die to cut out the rope and starfish
3.  Glue the Ocean DP flat to the center of the card front and add the ocean floor.  Place dimension tape to the back of the white frame and attach it around the ocean
4.  Shade all of the die cut pieces and using a fine tip glue applicator assemble the pieces
5.  Glue down the seaweed and add the rope.  Next finish by added additional seaweed, starfish and the shark
6.  I also used some additional tiny fish from the Paddle and Rope Ladder cut.  I cut them in navy and added them above the shark.  Stamp your sentiment and layer onto green and your card is complete

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Don't forget to check out the BRAND NEW RELEASE just perfect for those long hot summer days!

Blessings
Pam

Wednesday, August 03, 2016

~Nautical Scene + Brayer & Sponging~

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Wednesday edition of the Blog.

It has been so hot and humid in the Eastern U.S. that my mind keeps going back to our vacation at the beach a couple of weeks ago. So today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring a beach themed card using dies from the March Nautical release.

You can create amazing cards with a combination of dies, stamps and some background sponging. So lets get started with the details on what I did today using my brayer and sponge daubers.

Royal Blue Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Image Panel: 4" x 5 1/4"

Brayer Tips: When you brayer, use dye based ink not a pigment ink. A pigment ink stays wet and lays on your paper. If you try to brayer over with another color ink, you will get a muddy look. Dye ink dries fast and the colors stay true.

I used a soft rubber brayer and a smooth white cardstock. Don't use textured paper fro this technique. the brayer will hit only the peaks of the paper and you will get a spotty look.

When you ink the brayer roll it in one direction. If you roll back and forth, you won't ink the entire brayer. To start the brayer, roll right next to the paper and then move the brayer onto the cardstock in a back and forth motion.

Starting the sky: I used the brayer and light blue ink for my sky. I rolled the brayer about 1/3 of the way down this cardstock - approximately 1 1/2".

Sponging the sea: I created 2 masks for this part. The first one to create the horizon line and the 2nd one I tore slightly to create the shore line. I used a medium blue ink and sponged in my sea.
 
 
Sponging the Beach: I used my sponge dauber with kraft ink to create the sand. I used a beach stamp to create the sand grains and stamped with the same kraft ink. I used painters tape and masked off the part of the stamp I didn't want ink on. 
 
 
 
Masked the stamp again to create some waves in the water.
 
Once the background was completed, I began cutting and adding the nautical dies. I stained the sky background with kraft ink somehow (grr!) and had to redo my background. It turned out slightly different at the shoreline but it's still the same technique as I described above.
 
My perched pelican is cut with the CotttageCutz Pelican die. Both the starfish and the fish in the water are dies from the Paddles & Rope die set. I used the Lighthouse w/clouds die and cut some clouds and birds to finish this part of the card.
To complete my card, I stamped a sailboat on the water and my sentiment on the sandy beach.

And that is my card for this week. Hope it gave you some inspiration. Let me know your thoughts, I read all of the comments you leave. Also, don't forget about our current challenge. It's all about greenery and you can get more info here. Until next time........inky hugs.

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzpelican.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzpaddlesandropeladdernet.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzlighthousewclouds.aspx
 

Sunday, May 01, 2016

Mini - album - Photoframe " The Sea adventures"

Hi friends!)
It's Yuliya here sharing  beautiful Mini-album - photoframe using the CottageCutz dies!
Supplies:
- chipboard
- cardstock
- patterned paper
- ribbon



1. Cut chipboard 2 pc 5,5”х4,6” и 1 pc 5,5,”х4”. This is the future cover of our mini-album

2. Glue the details to the selected cotton. Wrap the cover with the cotton
3. Make neat corners



4. Our cover is ready for the next step
 5. Now glue the lace




5. Make a neat endpapers.



6.Glue the endpapers.
7. Prepare some die-cuts

8. Glue the details)




I hope you enjoy the tutorial and will be happy to inspire you!